Today feels like a HUGE victory!!! For the last few years, I have been struggling with technology. My laptop computer has had issues for many years. I have been nursing it along. About 2.5 years ago, the computer crashed really hard and never quite functioned properly again.
In a vain effort to keep my laptop alive, I switched to using a borrowed iPad. I listen to a lot of audio, and the iPad was perfect for listening to audio. I scaled back my online endeavors to a minimum and tried only using the iPad as much as possible. Sometime in the last couple years, the iPad needed to have its operating system updated. When I started using the iPad, I would ignore the messages telling me I needed to update the iPad.
Slowly, websites stopped working on the iPad. As companies and various websites updated their systems, my iPad operating system started becoming more and more out of date. My email account stopped working, I had major issues trying to log in to Facebook (and then Facebook would often crash my iPad once I got logged in), YouTube stopped working, audio would no longer stream, etc. I decided I needed to update the iPad. I though this would be an easy task...it took only about ONE YEAR to complete! (In the meantime, I started using my laptop more and more. About a month ago, the laptop crashed a couple times in a row, and now it no longer works.)
I attempted to install the operating system, but I got a message the storage was full. Since the iPad is not originally mine, I thought maybe there were a lot of things on it which were taking up a lot of space. I cleared the iPad of extra apps. When I still got the storage is full message, I cleared off all documents, photos, videos, etc. Again, I still got the storage is full message. I diligently searched and searched how to clear the storage. I deleted everything off the iPad, disabled the iCloud storage, cleared out the iCloud storage, restarted the computer and finally did a complete factory reset on the iPad. After MANY months of fruitless efforts, I gave up. I thought about taking it to a Mac Store and seeing if they could fix the issue...but the nearest Mac Store is 10 hours away!
Today, I became very annoyed because website after website did not work on my iPad. Oh, really!? More websites which do not work. HELP!!! I became a bit more frantic today searching for a way to fix the iPad. I discovered you could sync the iPad with a Mac and use iTunes to view the iPad storage. I thought this might help identify why I kept getting the storage is full message. I commandeered a Mac and was able to sync the two together. The Mac said there was lots of storage on the iPad. While I was starting to become frustrated, a message popped up saying the iPad needed an operating system update, and asked if I wanted to update the device. I clicked through the steps, and it started to download. About an hour later, the new operating system was downloaded to my iPad. Oh, victory!!! I was screaming and shouting hallelujahs! And praise be to God! I started surfing various websites, and behold! They work!!! Oh, to be able to listen to audio again and view my emails and finally have this issue resolved!!! Oh thank you Jesus! Thank you for leading me through today and making it possible to update my iPad. Praise be to You!
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